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32322106694Instagram Concept For Windows Phonehttp://www.honeytechblog.com/instagram-concept-for-windows-phone/
Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:02:35 +0000http://www.honeytechblog.com/?p=21357From the look of things and the way they are going, it doesn’t look like Instagram is going to come on the Windows Phone platform anytime soon. It’s a shame because Windows Phone is a beautiful OS, unfortunately it’s just no where near as popular as Android or iOS.

However, this did not stop Dribbble user Said Wafiq who took it upon himself to design a version of Instagram for Windows Phone following the beautifully minimal Metro design which Microsoft has implemented into Windows Phone. He’s thought of everything when it comes to the design of the app. I’m sure if Facebook (owners of Instagram) gave him enough cash, he’d be willing to give the designs to them to make the app reality.

Windows Phone has a gorgeous interactive homescreen which updates in real time with smooth animations. Therefore, he started off with the homescreen itself and created a mockup of how the live tiles would display notifications when someone commented or liked one of your pictures.

He then followed it in true minimalist fashion how the startup screen would look like and its quite impressive to say the least.

He then followed it with the main app itself, including each part of the app you would usually find on Android and iOS. However he’s stuck fully to the Metro design, not just creating a port of the Android & iOS apps.

Lastly, he went onto creating the filter application screen. Photos usually always look better on dark backgrounds (this is why Photoshop has a dark background) it’s why this part of the app is completely dark, complete opposite from the rest of the app.

This is a stunning concept of the app which probably won’t ever be made into the real thing, which is unfortunate. It’s great to see something like this either way.

]]>21357What If Google Play Looked Like This?http://www.honeytechblog.com/what-if-google-play-looked-like-this/
Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:30:52 +0000http://www.honeytechblog.com/?p=21234Formerly known as Android Market, Google Play is great overall. The reason why we all love the PlayStore is that all our favorite apps and games are just some install permissions away. It also makes browsing apps easier as you dont have to browse them from the device. You can simply browse the apps on your desktop’s larger screen estate and install them. The browsing experience is much better than the iOS store which is trapped on the iDevices.

However one thing that’s always bugged me is the design of the Play Store. Sure it’s not hideous but it could look a lot better. Google, the web experts, the people who make absolutely stunning apps for both Android and iOS, haven’t put much design effort into the second biggest app store in the world. The user experience though is amazing, like most Google services.

Enes Dani? agrees with us and obviously thought the same. So in his free time he came up with a random concept that keeps most of the elements of the original design but makes it a lot prettier and professional. Of course with this being an experimental concept, things are far from perfect. Though the vision is there, that’s the main thing. Check out the concept below.

Do tell us if you like this concept in the comment section below.

]]>21234Get Top Android Games for Free with Mobogeniehttp://www.honeytechblog.com/get-top-android-games-for-free-with-mobogenie/
http://www.honeytechblog.com/get-top-android-games-for-free-with-mobogenie/#commentsSat, 12 Oct 2013 18:00:52 +0000http://www.honeytechblog.com/?p=21180The android PlayStore is only one of the markets where one can download apps for their Android smartphones. Sure, it is the biggest market for android apps but there is too much junk. With over 6 million apps, finding the best apps can be time consuming. Apart from the playstore, there exist several other markets for apps like Amazon, Getjar, etc. One such marketplace for android apps is that of Mobogenie.

Primarily a desktop PC Suite for connecting Android smartphone to your PC for creating backups, Mobogenie offers tons of freebies in the form of free apps, games, wallpapers and ringtones. Once you have downloaded Mobogenie and are running it on your PC with your smartphone connected via USB, just follow these simple steps to get popular apps and games for free.

On the top, you will find multiple tabs. By default, the My Phone tab is loaded. Click on Showcase, Apps or Games to head to the respective categories. Showcase presents different categories of apps in a condensed form.

Once in a particular tab, on the right side, you will find a list of the most popular apps or games. Just click download and the app or game will be automatically downloaded and installed on your smartphone.

You can check the progress of the download by clicking the download bar at the very bottom left.

Thousands of free apps and games are only a tip of the iceberg. Mobogenie has a huge collection of free wallpapers and ringtones to suit to your taste. Add to it a YouTube video downloader and it makes a great piece of software worth downloading. Get Mobogenie by hitting the link below.

]]>http://www.honeytechblog.com/get-top-android-games-for-free-with-mobogenie/feed/321180Wrap Your Screenshots In Devices With MockUPhonehttp://www.honeytechblog.com/wrap-your-screenshots-in-devices-with-mockuphone/
Thu, 10 Oct 2013 13:30:59 +0000http://www.honeytechblog.com/index.php/?p=21048If you have ever browsed dribble, deviantART or any other platform where UI customization enthusiast share the screenshots of their devices, you will find that they wrap up their screenshots in really neat and tidy devices. This makes them look a lot more professional and also gives an idea how the layout would actually look on the device.

Finding the right templates and then aligning them perfectly on photoshop can be a tedious task to do. MockUPhone wants to make the process much easier. On their site you can choose various templates, upload your screenshot and the site will take care of the rest.

As of now, the mock ups of popular android devices like the Galaxy S4, the Google Nexus 4, the iPhone 5, iPad’s and Lumia 920 are available. You can however place request for your device at the bottom of the page.

]]>21048LG G2: KnockOn Feature and Its Importance as Devices are Growing Largerhttp://www.honeytechblog.com/lg-g2-knockon-feature-and-its-importance-as-devices-are-growing-larger/
Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:30:31 +0000http://www.honeytechblog.com/index.php/?p=20998Its not everyday that you get to play with the most powerful smartphones. We had the LG G2 in our office and to say the least, we are not disappointed at all. A flagship from LG, the G2 has superb battery life, impressive snapdragon 800 performance, improved QSlide multitasking, robust camera features with optical image stabilization, the device leaves none to be desired.

In the past one year though, devices including the LG G2 have grown in size and most of the flagships available these days make one hand operation, an impossible task. Naturally then, many of the smartphone OEM’s have come up with their own solutions to this issue. The most obvious is minimizing the bezel around the display. As a result, the very popular GS4 feels around the same size as its predecessor GS3 even though the former packs a larger display. Lg has done something similar with the G2 and have achieved the thinnest bezels so far in any smartphone. Nevertheless, its still huge. LG has therefore opted for a feature, KnockOn and much of the hype at the launch of the device was created around this feature.

Consider this situation. Weekend morning, broken bike! Obviously then, you’d end up with greasy palms and fingers and then you realize you are 2 minutes away from the deadline you’d set to send an important email that you have saved in your drafts. The last thing you would want to do is make your brand new device dirty and a white one at that. Furthermore, with LG having opted for power as well as volume buttons on the back cover, a feature like KnockOn makes sense. It’s the only solution that you have wherein you can both save your job as well as keep your smartphone tidy.

Power buttons are hard to reach on devices sporting displays anything north of 4.5″. Even if placed on the sides, the sheer width of the device makes it hard to reach it. The KnockOn feature on the LG G2 makes perfect sense as a consolation for its size. But then again, once we lay our eyes on the beautiful 1920×1080 displays, going back is not a choice we are willing to take!

Do tell us, how the KnockOn feature on the LG G2 saves you effort and time in the comment section below.

]]>20998This Is The Woman Behind The Voice Of Sirihttp://www.honeytechblog.com/this-is-the-woman-behind-the-voice-of-siri/
http://www.honeytechblog.com/this-is-the-woman-behind-the-voice-of-siri/#commentsSat, 05 Oct 2013 13:30:02 +0000http://www.honeytechblog.com/index.php/?p=20958Voice commands have been around for a while but with Siri, the service has pushed the acceleration of voice command adoption.

When Siri first came around, one of the most unique things about it was the voice. Compared to previous services, it was way more natural. The voice has now become pretty damn famous and is very distiguishable. . However, no one knew(until now) who the voice was behind Siri. Apple never seemed to tell and the woman behind it has never come forward – till now that is.

The woman(Yes, She’s real!) behind the Siri voice came forward to CNN and did a mini interview. Funny thing is she never even knew her voice was being used in Siri till a friend made her listen to it.

]]>http://www.honeytechblog.com/this-is-the-woman-behind-the-voice-of-siri/feed/120958GoPro Updated to Hero3+http://www.honeytechblog.com/gopro-updated-to-hero3/
Thu, 03 Oct 2013 13:30:20 +0000http://www.honeytechblog.com/index.php/?p=20916The world’s most versatile camera, GoPro has just updated their line of action cameras with minor design and spec changes. There isn’t anything major here, it’s why they’ve just added a plus on the end.

The flagship model – the Black Edition – which retails for £359.99 now has better optics which should result in sharper image quality. It’s 20 percent smaller than the previous model and its battery life has been improved by 30 percent. The better battery life will definitely be appreciated by GoPro fans.

The Black Edition can shoot at various resolutions including 4K at 15fps, 2.7K at 30fps, 1440p at 48fps, 1080p at 60fps, 960p at 100fps, and 720p at 120fps.

With a new model of course comes a new promo video. The video below has been shot 100% by the new Black Edition Hero3+.

]]>20916How To Resize Multiple Images At Once In Photoshophttp://www.honeytechblog.com/how-to-resize-multiple-images-at-once-in-photoshop/
http://www.honeytechblog.com/how-to-resize-multiple-images-at-once-in-photoshop/#commentsTue, 01 Oct 2013 13:30:54 +0000http://www.honeytechblog.com/index.php/?p=20894Earlier versions of Photoshop had this feature for a while, but many are not aware that the feature still exists. I’ve seen so many people manually re-sizing multiple images, a very tedious and time consuming tasks.

The process of re-sizing multiple images at once is actually really simple.

First you’ll need to go to ‘File > Scripts > Image Processor’. You’ll then be presented with the window you see below.

Following this you will need to choose the target folder that has all the images that you want to resize. You’ll need to select where you want it to save those images. Finally you can choose the quality and size of the image.

Make sure you select the extra option at the bottom is the ability to apply an action to all the images too. So if you have a watermark or a filter, you can quickly apply it to all the images using this.

Do tell us if you have a better and faster way of resizing ,multiple images in the comments section below.

]]>http://www.honeytechblog.com/how-to-resize-multiple-images-at-once-in-photoshop/feed/320894Mobogenie is an All in One PC Suite for any Android Smartphonehttp://www.honeytechblog.com/mobogenie-is-an-all-in-one-pc-suite-for-any-android-smartphone/
http://www.honeytechblog.com/mobogenie-is-an-all-in-one-pc-suite-for-any-android-smartphone/#commentsWed, 25 Sep 2013 13:30:11 +0000http://www.honeytechblog.com/index.php/?p=20766Remember the days when you needed a PC Suite along with every Symbian device. In the absence of a PC Suite, it was not possible to directly connect your phone to the PC and transfer files let alone manage contacts and apps. Enter Android, and the situation changed. The openness of the platform means that you can do away with any accompanying windows PC software. Mobogenie wishes to change that though. A single piece of Windows software that suffices to all your android smartphone needs. Whether it’s a Samsung or a Sony, if it’s running Android 2.1 or above, Mobogenie will connect your smartphone to your PC.

To use Mobogenie you need to first enable USB Debugging mode on your smartphone. The mechanism of enabling USB Debugging on different versions of android is different. You can check out how to enable it here. Once that is accomplished, all you need to do is launch Mobogenie with administrator rights and connect your smartphone to your PC with USB cable. Once its up and running, you can carry out the following tasks with Mobogenie.

Backup Your Smartphone

Mobogenie can backup your contacts, messages, apps, music, pictures and videos and save the backup on your PC. You can also restore your smartphone to an earlier point.

Manage your Contacts

With Mobogenie you can manage your android contacts, edit them, add new details like email-id’s, contact picture, etc and add new contacts.

Send and Receive Text Messages

One of the best features of Mobogenie is that when its a question of sending and receiving text messages, you can let go of your device and send them straight from your PC. Messages that are received appear in a dialogue box and you can immediately reply to them. You can also view your conversations and start new conversations.

Manage and Update Existing Apps

In My Apps, the entire list of installed apps is shown. you can move an app to SD card, uninstall an app and even update it. Updating an app occurs over your broadband connection, cutting on your mobile data usage.

Mange Media

You can access your music files, pictures and videos from mobogenie and set them as wallpaper or ringtone from your PC itself. You can also play files from your phone’s music library and import new music files just in case you’ve had enough of existing playlists.

Download Free Apps and Games

Mobogenie offers thousands of apps and games that are available of the PlayStore for free. Why then would want to download them via Mobogenie? For one, your Broadband connection works faster than Mobile network and the data cost of broadband connections are far less compared to any 3G/4G plans.

Download Free Ringtones and Wallpapers

Freebies such as Ringtones come standard with Mobogenie. Current hits, popular ringtones are all available for download and can be set as your smartphones default ringtone. You won’t have to rely on multiple sources for wallpapers, Mobogenie has a huge wallpaper catalog spanning various categories such as Nature, Abstract, Designs, Sport, etc. The Wallpapers are downloaded into Image folder in your gallery.

Download YouTube Videos

One nice addition is a built in YouTube video downloader. You can browse it like you browse on any internet browser. Click on the video you wish to download and hit download on top. A dialogue box appears where you can set the video format such as 3gp or mp4. The video is sent straight to your device.

]]>http://www.honeytechblog.com/mobogenie-is-an-all-in-one-pc-suite-for-any-android-smartphone/feed/220766Twitter for Android Tablets Leaked-Free Downloadhttp://www.honeytechblog.com/twitter-for-android-tablets-leaked-free-download/
Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:30:44 +0000http://www.honeytechblog.com/?p=20500The official twitter app has been around from the very beginning on android, but for some reason their app was never optimized to take full advantage of the screen estate on larger tablets. Finally their official Twitter app has been updated to be optimized for larger screens.

However, it hasn’t been officially launched as yet! The APK for the tablet version has been leaked. As expected, on the Nexus 7, it looks much better than the standard mobile version. In the landscape mode, you can now enjoy two columns instead of the usual one. The right column can change depending on the situation too. So if you’re viewing someone’s profiles, it can change to show the users photos.

With this being a leaked APK there may of course be some bugs here and there so download and use at your own risk. Hit the download link below to download the apk.

]]>20500How to Get TouchWiz on any Android Smartphonehttp://www.honeytechblog.com/how-to-get-touchwiz-on-any-android-smartphone/
http://www.honeytechblog.com/how-to-get-touchwiz-on-any-android-smartphone/#commentsSun, 08 Sep 2013 13:30:15 +0000http://www.honeytechblog.com/?p=20456Some Android users are so prone to changing their custom UI’s they do it every other day. Part of it they achieve by switching to third party launchers, icon packs, wallpapers, etc and when the exhaust all of them, they switch to thousands of custom ROM’s that are available for free downloading. They are very quick when it comes to adopting new looks for their smartphone. when iOS 7 was released, it didn’t take very long before Android users had the same look and interface on their phone. Heck, they even got it before the iPhones did!

Just like its predecessor, the Galaxy S4 created a lot of hype in the market. In part, it was the latest skin and huge bundle of apps that it comes preloaded with. You can easily get the touchWiz UI on any Android smartphone without having to risk your smartphones warranty by flashing custom ROM’s. Closely follow this video below and you might just enjoy the TouchWiz UI on your smartphone.

If you have a custom setup and would love to share it, please feel free to share it with us in the comment section below.

]]>http://www.honeytechblog.com/how-to-get-touchwiz-on-any-android-smartphone/feed/120456Vox is a Powerful but Minimal Music Player for Machttp://www.honeytechblog.com/vox-music-player-mac/
Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:30:48 +0000http://www.honeytechblog.com/?p=20368Most of you will agree that iTunes is a bloated mess! There’s too much junk that comes with iTunes that most of us would love to get rid of. An unwieldy piece of software that’s more of a liability. We feel, a music player should do nothing more than what the name suggests and if it can look neat in the process, we are sold.

Vox, a music player for Mac taps into your iTunes library, but doesn’t come with nearly as much junk and iTunes. Its all about keeping things simple and minimal.

Unlike iTunes, all you get is a small window with you library, and that’s about it. The small windowed interface does all that you might want your music player to do and it doesn’t waste a lot of space. An equalizer as well as Last.fm support, are all featured in the menu.

With tons of preferences, you can make use of the media buttons on your keyboard. With support for all the basic audio formats, Vox is worth considering if you are out looking for an iTunes replacement. Try Vox for free by hitting the link below.

]]>20368How to Schedule Gmail Messages to be Sent Laterhttp://www.honeytechblog.com/how-to-schedule-gmail-messages-to-be-sent-later/
Sun, 01 Sep 2013 13:30:49 +0000http://www.honeytechblog.com/?p=20294Many a times, we are in a dire need to sent an email at a particular time. So what we do? We save a draft and decide to log in and send the email when the time is right. However, we often run into hurdles and are unable to do so. Scheduling emails can be a pain and most of the popular email services don’t even have an inbuilt option to schedule emails. Well then, how do you go about scheduling videos?

Enter Bloomberg! A great and functional Firefox extension and Chrome addon that allows you to schedule emails to be sent later. Here’s how to use it.

Click “Send later” next to the Send button at the top. You will need to authenticate, so make sure that you permit pop-ups from Gmail always.

That’s it. The only limitation of Boomerang is that it allows you to schedule maximum of 10 emails per month and requires a subscription beyond that.

]]>20294Add Another Button To Your Smartphone with Pressyhttp://www.honeytechblog.com/add-another-button-to-your-smartphone-with-pressy/
http://www.honeytechblog.com/add-another-button-to-your-smartphone-with-pressy/#commentsSat, 31 Aug 2013 13:30:26 +0000http://www.honeytechblog.com/?p=20323Smartphones off late have become an all touch screen affair. Given the versatility of touch screens over physical buttons, it is but a natural course of evolution that manufacturers have removed physical buttons.

However, there are times when we prefer physical buttons over the touch screen, camera shutter for example. The feed back they give being one of the reasons. Pressy, a new Kickstarter project that wants to bring you an extra button.

A small device that simply plugs into your 3.5 mm jack. Sitting on top is a little clickable button. This button can be customized to perform nearly any function of your choice. So what all can Pressy do?

Pressy only works on Android for now as it is of course a more open and versatile OS compared to iOS. Android allows products like these to be able to control the device, iOS doesn’t unless it has already been approved by Apple directly. Watch the video to know what the fuss is all about!

Pressy went live on 28th August on Kickstarter and has already raised twice the amount it needed. The project has got until the 14th of October so it will most likely raise hundreds of thousands in funding.

]]>http://www.honeytechblog.com/add-another-button-to-your-smartphone-with-pressy/feed/120323Mobogenie – All-in-one Android phone manager for PChttp://www.honeytechblog.com/app-review-mobogenie/
http://www.honeytechblog.com/app-review-mobogenie/#commentsFri, 30 Aug 2013 10:44:54 +0000http://www.honeytechblog.com/?p=20311Smartphones of yesteryear often came bundled with accompanying PC Suites. Gone are those days! Managing your PC’s and smartphones side by side can be difficult given the massive fragmentation in the Android ecosystem and with hundreds of smartphones launching each year as well as Google launching new updates every six months, it is impractical to develop a new suite everytime. You can either use the default android manager which can get tedious or use third party software to manage your smartphone right from your PC. Mobogenie is one such software that lets you manage your android smartphone straight from your PC.

Connecting Your Device

Mobogenie will then guide you through the first time set up process. You’ll need to have USB Debugging turned on for Mobogenie to work. Once connected, your phones details such as the battery, network signal, storage, etc are displayed along with the smartphone model.

User Interface

Mobogenie sports a functional and user friendly user interface. Its easy to use and go around. The homescreen is the basic PC Suite that you might need.

Tools like managing SD Card, Backing up your device, Restoring your device to an earlier setting and an option to install .apk files followed by Mobile Phone Management. The manager lets you see through your phone contacts, sms’s, music playlists, picture as well as video gallery. The homescreen also displays your phones internal as well as external memory.

The top bar allows for easy navigation to the various features and freebies that come along with Mobogenie. Showcase presents a list of most popular apps. Other markers indicate apps, games, ringtones, wallpapers and a built in Youtube Window that even lets you download videos.

Features

Mobogenie is a complete PC Suite for your smartphone. It displays all contacts as well your conversations. It lets you send sms’s straight from Mobogenie without having to lift your fingers from your PC keyboard. New SMS’s are shown in neat pop ups, so you always know that you have received a message.

Your entire music playlist is displayed and you can play you music straight from Mobogenie. It also lets you set any particular song in your playlist as your phone ringtone. However, music play is not instantaneous. This limitation however might be because of the USB.

Pictures and videos are shown and sorted by date and if you happen to have hundreds of pictures on you device, you’d wish for the gallery view with folders.

What sets Mobogenie apart from other such PC Suites is that it comes with loads of freebies. There are plenty of apps that you can choose from which are neatly organised into categories such as under Theme, Popular and Editor’s Picks.

Click to install them directly to your phone. Wallpapers and ringtones are downloaded in a similar fashion. The downloaded wallpapers appear in a folder called image in your phone gallery.

Another nice addition is the inbuilt YouTube video downloader.

You can browse videos just as you would on your internet browser and choose to download the video. However do keep in mind that downloading videos from YouTube is illegal.

Conclusion

Mobogenie wants to be more than just a simple PC suite for your Android smartphone. In addition to a PC suite, Mobogenie delivers more by letting you install free games, wallpapers, ringtones and other apps. It lets you use you PC’s internet connection and download applications on your device. It performs well and delivers what it promises. We would very much like to see Mobogenie go a step further and free us from that USB. Connecting via Wifi could be much more faster and straightforward.